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PROVINCE OF WEST LANCASHIRE . To the Editor of thc "Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , I am not disposed to question the figures given by " Lix-crpudlian " in ansxver to my letter , as they in no xvise dispose of my main contention that provincial honours are not' at all times fairly and justly bestowed . At the same time 1 cannot see that it is altogether a matter of 1 ' s . d .,

as " Liverpudlian xvould have us to believe . 1 again assert that " favouritism" to a great extent enters into the matter . In support of this alloxv me to cite one or txvo instances xvhich have come under my notice recently . A certain lodge has had provincial honours conferred upon it to the number of about six xvithin a fexv years , and yet not content xvith those , must—getting much and

wanting more— " put up " txvo other brethren for honours , xvhile yet another brother must commence an active agitation for his oxvn personal adx'anceincnt , in the prosecution of xvhich he must need make one if not more visits to head quarters . Hoxvever , an intimation xvas given that the lodge referred to above must not " in justice " expect any more honours , but that another lodge must be selected . Noxv it so happened that there xvcre txvo lodges xvhich might

reasonably expect to be honoured , one of xvhich I make bold to bay was in many respects more entitled to honours than thc other . But afexv members of xvhat I will call No . 2 Lodge by some means gained the ear and support of certain Provincial Grand Officers , and secured the honour xvhich ought to have been given to the lodge xvhich 1 modestly assert had thc prior claim . A Provincial Grand Officer some time ago , xvhile agreeing

that a certain lodge had not been justly dealt xvith , ventured to suggest that thc members should make a representation of their claims and intimate that they expected honours to be gix-en to them . But surely , sir , it is not proper for lodges to go to xvork in this manner and beg for xvhat they are entitled to . Neither should it be permissible for individual brethren to canvass the powers that be . If the Provincial Grand Secretary is xvorth anything he surely

ought to knoxv xvhat lodges are doing and xvhat claims they have xvithout his being subjected to a certain amount of mild intimidation . ' * Liverpudlian " suggests that if brethren xvill only xvait patiently honours xvill in due course come to them . Perhaps he xvill be astonished to knoxv that thc members of one lodge havc ivaitcd patiently for over 50 years and the

honours arc yet in the dim future . Ihe old saying of " hope deferred , " & c , might be xvell applied in this case . Surel y " Liverpudlian " xvould not say that no brother in that time xvas not xvorthy of honours , but xvill be xvilling to acknoxvledge that a sufficient amount of patience has been exercised , and that it is time some movement vvas made in the interests of JUSTICE .

VISITING BRETHREN , Ivre .-A QUERY . To the Editor of the " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , Will you , <> r any of your readers , kindly favour mc xvith answers to the following questions i 1 . ( n ) Would a Mason be justified in going to a lodge , not being a subscriber of thc same , three , six , or nine times notwithstanding he might have been invited by various

members of the lodge xvhich he visited ; anil ( h ) xvould a member of thc lodge be xvithin his right xvho objected to his constant visits xvithout payment , the bye-laxv of thc lodge on thc subject being as folloxvs : "Any Mason not a member of the lodge , but a subscribing member of some other lodge , may be allowed to visit at refreshment once in

each year free of expense , but at all other times he shall pay txvo shillings ami sixpence ? " _ 2 . In the case of thc election of a W . M . xvhere canvassing has taken p lace , on its being made knoxvn at thc proper quarter is it likely that il xvould void the election . '—1 remain , yours fraternally , ALPHA . January 16 th . —

THE SACKVILLE MEDAL . To thc Editor of thc " Freemason . " Dear Sir and Brother , In your issue of November ioth last I lind a " Query" ( No . 241 ) from " Dryasdust , " asking mc " xvhy , in nis interesting little essay on the Medals of thc Freemasons in thc American ( Niasonic ) Quarterly Rcvicxv for 1 S 5 S , he ignores thc Medal of Charles Sackvillc . "

Thc essay referred to xvas part of a scries tirst published in 1855 , 1 S 56 , in the American Freemason , Louisville , Kentucky , of xvhich I xvas editor . I had procured from a German brother , Edxvard Rohr , publisher of the Triangel at Brooklyn , N . Y ., a copy of S ' umothcca Latomornm , by Zaeharias , published at Dresden , 1 S 40 . As I do not read German , Bro . Rohr translated the book for mc . I had the cuts engraved at very heavy cost and commencing xvith

Oct . 1 , 5 , 1 S 55 , run thc series under thc title " Gallery of Masonic Medals , " through a good part of a year . Here is xvhat I said ( or rather Zaeharias said ) of the "Sackville Medal : " " Lord Charles Sackville , Dukeof Middlesex , son of Lionel Granville Sackville , Duke of Dorset , and great grandson of Thomas Sackville xvho in 1561 xvas Grand Master of thc Grand Lodge of York , England , established in 1733 a lodge at Florence . This xvas done without regular

authority , as there xvas no order for it in the English Constitutions , and no acknowledgement of , ur permission for thc act h y the Grand Lodge of England , xvhich xvas then under thc Grand Mastership of James Lyon , Earl of Strathmorc . " Whether under the name of llnrporralcs xvhich is on thc reverse in Masonic designs and the Elcusinian Casket xvith the serpent , the thyrsus-staff and thc superscription Ah Oriirinc are represented or , as might otherxviseappear .

For truth it xvould be dillicult to say . The front side of the medal is adorned xvith the bust of the founder of thc lodge , as the inscription shoivs . 'The name of thc maker Lorcna A ' otlcr is seen on both sides of the Medal . " Prof . Kohler in his Coin Directories ( part 8 , p . 129 ) also Bode in his pocket Book ( 1777 , No . 1 ) , have given copies of this , probably the oldest Masonic medal extant . In thit valuable collection of Masonic medals belonging to thc Minerva Lodge of the Three Palms in the East , at

Leipsic there is a copy of it . " The obverse of this medal xvas not shoxvn in my 'gallery , ' as the expense of engraving xvas so great that I limited my workmen to the Mnsonic foices . But it exhibits a bust of Lord Sackville , with the inscription—CAROI . US SACKVILI . IJ MAGISTER , FL . " ( I suspect thc "L" is imaginary , and that the "F" stands for fecit . ) "The exact correspondence of the Masonic emblems in this ancient medal , struck thc same year that Masonry was hist

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regularly introduced into America , xvith those in the Masonic books is very striking . ( Plumb , square , level , compasses , rule , occ . )" So much for Zaeharias . Marvin , in his quite exhaustive xvork " The Medals of the Masonic Fraternity , " gives the same explanation , but adds in "Notes and Corrections " this paragraph , " lt is said in ' Kenning's Cyclopaedia '

that Sackvillc xvas not a Lord at all , certainly not Duke of Middlesex . Natter , xvho cut thc dies , xvas a pupil of Bernard Oxe , born at Biberach , in Swabia , 1705 , died at St . Petersburg !! , 1767 , & c . He is said to have taken the Rite of Strict Observance to Stockholm and St . Petersburg !! , and by some Zinnendorf is thought to have obtained some of his

teachings from Natter ; but this is doubtful . " I have already xvritten more than I intended , and close by pointing your strangely misnamed correspondent " Dryasdust" to page 344 , vol . ii ., of the "American Masonic Quarterly Review , " xvhere he xvill find the same account of thc Sackville medal xvhich I have given above .

ROB MORRIS . La Grange , Kentucky , L' . S . A ., December 17 th , 1 SS 3 .

IIAVERSTOCK HILL WORKING ORPHAN VOTES . Deal Bro . Kenning , 1 am emboldened by some very kind responses to my appeal to ask if any of my brethren cannot help the case of ' * Emily Julia Davis , " xvhich I am assured isax * cry good case indeed by those xvho are much interested in it . The election is January 30 th . —Fraternallly yours ,

A . F . A . WOODFORD . 25 a , Norfolk-crescent , Hydc ^ park , VV . P . S . —Any \* otes for the British Orphan , January 27 th , will be also gratefully received to aid a friend . —A . F . A . VV .

Reviews.

REVIEWS .

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL GREAT PRIORY OF CANADA . 1 SS 3 . Wcconfcss that xve do not rise from thc perusal of these transactions xvith any feelings of satisfaction , or xvith many hopes for the future of Canadian Templary . Bitten by that "fad" of independence and severance from good " old mother country" xvhich is so popular in Canadian Masonry just noxv , xve feel pretty certain that as our xvorthy Templar

brethren soiv they xvill reap in other movements and subsequent independent jurisdictions . Wc never could profess to understand hoxv Col . McLeod Moore could condescend to acceptthc titulary honourof Great Prior " advitam " from a body xvhich clearly had no poxver to confer it , as it could only be conferred by the same authority xvhich made him Great Priorof Canada . Neither do xve profess to comprehend their present position , —asking the Grand Prior of

England to relieve them from their voxvsof obedience , having proclaimed themselves a National Grand Priory , and Col . McLeod Moore , holdingan English xvarrant and commission , thc Canadian Grand Prior for life . It is in fact putting thc " cart before the horse , " ns has happened in other matters , Had thc Canadian Templars originally approached their Grand Prior xvith a request for a permission to do xvhat they havc done , perhaps no objection xvould hax-c been made to their proceedings . A xvilling soldier is better that many

" pressed men , and it is hopeless to seek to keep up thc allegiance of those xvho arc "fretting under thc curb , " or unxvillinj * to acknoxvledge old and legitimate authority . But having taken the laxv into their oxvn hands , and to come and ask for a condonation and sanction of these proceedings , is quite a " different pairof shoes . " It is not , hoxvever , a matter of much consequence , one xvay or the other . Wc assume that the Templar authorities xvill give up English honours and xvarrants , and create their oxvn .

FRANCM . ACONERIA ESI'ANIOLA . This is a little Spanish pamphlet xvliich requires consideration . For xvho can understand thc history of Spanish FVcemasonry ? "Cosas de Espana . " Truly their annals are almost unrealizable and certainly unappreciated by the humble student . A very able correspondent of ours once essayed to give us an idea of Spanish Freemasonry in thc Freemason , and as far as it went it xvas admirable and

perfect . But xve seem to gain the fact from this pamphlet lhat there arc noxv three Great Bodies in Spain —the Grande Orientc Nacional ; the Grande Orientc dc Espana ; and the Grande Orientc I . usitano y dc la Gran Logia Simbolica Independent Espanola . Wc hear , too , of Masonic confederations , congresses , & c , until xve hardly see xvhere Spanish Freemasons can find a legitimate government , as some favour one , some favour another .

lhc Grand Orientc Nacional professes xve believe to be descended from the English Lodge founded in 172 S , in Madrid ; but this fact is denied by some xvriters . It seems to havc had a somexvhat perilous and chequered existence , oxving , no doubt , a good deal to the cruel fanaticism of the Inquisition , and the ceaseless persecutions of King Ferdinand . It seems to claim a starting point in 1767 , and another in 1 S 11 ; but its records arc hazy . Thc other txvo jurisdictions

arc of later years . VVe think the xvriter of this xvork—Mariano Figueroa Rios , 30 ''—of xvhom xve otherxvise know nothing , has made out his case xvhen he proposes a union of these thrce bodies under one central authority , If the Spanish brethren formed a central Grand Lodge xx-ith Provincial Grand Lodges , xvithout doubt they xvould soon shoxv signs of

progress and activity ; as it is , xve fear these ceaseless disputes and antagonisms must keep Freemasonry back . We heard at one time that they xvcre undermined by politics and thc like ; xve hope it xvas not true . Our remembrances of " Espana" arc all so pleasant that xve always xvish xvell to " Spain and its people , " and not the least to Spanish Freemasonry . 1

CATALOGUES . Mr . John Wilson , of 12 , King William-street , Charing Cross , W . C , has issued a catalogue ( No . OS ) of occult literature worthy the attention of all Masonic students . It contains various xvorks on Freemasonry , Rosicrucianism , Alchemy , Astrology , Hcrmeticism , & c ., and is both interesting and novel .

A scientific gentleman of Cardiff reports thc appearance on Monday night last of a comet xvhich seems hitherto to have escaped attention . He observed it at a point 32 degrees above the horizon in a southerly direction .

Masonic Notes And Queries.

Masonic Notes and Queries .

2 S 5 I SCOTTISH KNIGHTS TEMPLAR . If Bro . D . M . Lyon sees these Notes perhaps he can kindly help me as regards the points I call attention to . Owing to the remarkable assertions of Bro . Carson anent the Knights Templar and Masonry , and the ingenious speculations of Bro . Duncan in England , I am tempted to see if

xve can make out historically some facts . It is alleged in an official publication of the London Preceptory in 1 S 50 , and xvhich is noxv a scarce xvork , that the Scottish Templar history is as folloxvs : lt is said , according to Ragman's roll , that Brian le Jay , the Preceptorcf Scotland in 1306 , xvith Johanle Sautrc , sxvore , xvith others , allegiance to Edward II . ; that Edxvard 11 ., as in England , issued his xvish to Jean de

Richcmund to seize all Templars in Scotland . In 1309 , November 15 th , William de Lambert , Bishop of St . Andrexv ' s , and Jean de Salario , Papal delegates , examined in the Parish Church of the Holy Cross , Edinburgh , Walter de Clifton and Wm . dc Middleton , xvhom he had alonebeen able to find , and that the rest of the Scottish Templars had either fled beyond the seas or xvcre dead . 'They mention

four others—Brian le Jay , Thomas locci , Thomas de Thoulouse . and Johann de tluseflete . The compiler of this history asserts that Walter de Clifton declared that some had lied to the hilly country , and he therefore jumps to the conclusion that they were xvith Robert Bruce , and afterxvards resuscitated the Royal Order of Scotland . " Wilkin ' s Concilia" is quoted as proving that Peter de Boulon-ne

and other 1 * rench knights fled to Scotland , and fought also at Bannockburn . We have in this no doubt the representation of thc perpetuation . It is said that the Temp lars and Hospitallers xverc united in Scotland , as in England , but it is not knoxvn xvhen . A grant of King James , 14 SS , is quoted as proving that they xverc then recognised as one body— " Knights of St . John and the Temple of

Solomon . It is also said that in some laxv proceedings in 174 S Hugh Anderson , xvho xvent abroad in 1722 , xvas clerk to this Brotherhood . _ The succession of the Grand Masters xvas kept up , it is declared , though soon after 13 C 0 Sir James Sanielands and David Seton xvcre the knoxvn official representatives . Thc xvcll-knoxvn Calmet is declared to acknoxvledge that he received the Grand Cross from

Dundee , xvho xvas Grand Master of the Templars , and that John , Earl of Mar , succeeded him , and that in 1745 Charles Edxvard xvas declared Grand Master , the Duke of Atholl demittingas Regent . This ceremony is stated , in a letter from thc Duke of Perth to lx > rd Ogilvie , to have taken place September 20 th , 1745 , at Holyrood , before 10 knights . In 178 S John Oliphant succeeded Charles Kdward , and at his

death in 179 s , oxving tothe opposition of Cardinal York , thcappointment xvas not filled up . In 1 S 07 thc Cardinal died , and in tSoS Alex . Denchcn xvas elected Grand Master , xvhen a meeting xvas held , and thc Duke of Kent eventually declared Grand Master to meet thc requirements of thc laxv about secret societies . He gave a charter in 1 S 11 . In 1 S 36 Sir David Milne became Grand Master , and in 1 S 45

Captain Broxvn Callender became Grand Master , and the Duke of Athol in 1 S 46 . This preceptory of thc Temple of London is said to have been constituted in 1847 , Alexander D . McDougal being thc lirst of several petitioners . He xvas appointed temporarily Preceptor , xvhiclv he resigned to thc Dukeof Leeds in 1 S 49 . If the matter interests any one , I could give thc names of thc petitioners and of all thc officers in 1847 . MASONIC STUDENT .

2 S 6 ] - OLD MASONIC CERTIFICATES . M y dear old friend Dr . Hopkins , I' \ C . P ., & c , has kindly sent mc three certificates to examine , knoxving thc great interest I take in all such matters . 1 . 'The first is one issued by thc Grand Lodge of Iceland , and dated Sth Nox'cmbcr , " in the year of Alasonry 5702 , " signed by Nichs . Loftus , Grand Secretary , and Thos . Corker , Deputy

Grand Secretary , to Bro . Robert Black , of Lodge No . 521 , the dexter side having the corresponding xvords in ink as- on the other side , all the other parts being printed . Thc seal of thc Grand Lodge bears'the motto "Silcntio , virtutc , ct amore , " and certain Hcbrcxv xvords . Thc certificate , on parchment , is of an emblematical character . 2 . Thc Royal Arch certificate , of parchment , is wholly xvritten . the crimson

ribbon being in an excellent state of preservation ; but thc seal is defaced . It unites that " Wc , thc High Priest and Grand Council assembled of the Grand Chapptcr of Royal Archd . Superexcellcnt Masonry , hcld in our Royal Arch Lod ge ol Ncxvry , do Hereby , Certify that thc Bearer , our Faithful and xvell Beloved Brother , Robt . Black Past , Master , of our Lodge xvas by us initiated into that Sublime , Degree of Royal Archd . " Superexcellent Masonrx * . & c . " The date is

7 th Nov . 1792 , " of Royal Archd . Superexcellent Masonry 3253 . " The signatures appended precede the titles of " 11 . P . "; "R . G . M . "; "S . R . G . M . "; "I . R . G . M . " ; "R . G . Sy "; and " D . K . G . Sy " 3 . Thc Templar certificate is signed by the "C . Gt ., " "G . M ., " "G . A ., " "G . Chancellor , " and the "R . G . Sy . " and is dated "Of the Order of Knights Tcmplcrs A . l ) . 3700 and of the Order of

Malta A . l ) . 922 , of Arch and Mark Masonry , A . D . 3792 , Book of thc Laxv from A . l ) . 2416 . " The degrees of Knight Templar , Knight of Malta , and the " Meditiranian Pass , " xverc conferred " Under the Sanction of a Warrant , No . 521 . " The seal is not legible , and is attached to black ribbon . The fact is in those days thc presence of thc xvarrant of a Craft Lodge xvas considered as sullicicnt to legalize xvhatever degrees xverc xvorked . XV . J . HUGHAN .

2 S 7 ] A PAPER MARK . Can anyone tell me of xvhat date and make the paper xvith the folloxving mark is ? A croxvn , a shield , a fleur-dc-Iyz , the figure 4 xvith a cross , and thc letters W . R . MASONIC STUDENT .

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